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tory of Salem. He also spoke of the coming of Roger 

 Conant in 1626, and the foundation for the claim which 

 Salem has to that year, as being the date of its first settle- 

 ment rather than 1628, the date of Endicott's advent. 

 The original settlement was in 1626, and that date is now 

 placed upon the city seal. Conant came under an inden- 

 ture, bearing the signature of Lord Sheffield, from Coun- 

 cil of Plymouth, Devon, England, a company chartered 

 with the right to form settlements between the fortieth 

 and the fiftieth parallels of latitude. Conant settled orig- 

 inally in Cape Ann in 1624, and came from there to 

 Salem in 1626. Endicott's coming in 1628 brought the 

 first permanent organized government, and Conant sur- 

 rendered all authority and power to him upon his arrival. 

 The Institute will celebrate the 250th anniversary of En- 

 dicott's landing in September next, when Hon. W. C. 

 Endicott, a lineal descendant, is to deliver the address. 

 The establishment of the first church at Salem by Francis 

 Higginson, in 1629, will be appropriately commemorated 

 by the First Church and society next year. 



Mr. George D. Phippen followed in the same histori- 

 cal vein. Speaking of Gosnold's first view of the Neck 

 and Salem Harbor in 1602, the coming of Smith in 1614, 

 and the landing of Lady Arbella Johnson and Winthrop 

 on Beverly shore, June 10, 1630, when they mentioned 

 the beautiful aspect of the country and Naumkeag, and 

 also of picking strawberries, gooseberries and sweet single 

 roses in the fields. Mr. Phippen then proceeded to speak 

 of the ancient fortifications. The first fort erected was 

 the Darby fort on Naugus Head. The second was placed 

 upon the higher ground on Sewall street, then called 

 Arbor place, and after the erection of this latter fort, five 

 leather cannon were brought from England and mounted 



